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HP Pavilion M8530F – Upgrade Vista to Windows 7 64bit

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Pang

It took a while to upgrade Vista to Windows 7 on my HP Pavilion M8530F. Here all tricks and tips to do it correct in the first place: 1) Windows 7 upgrade adviser … 2) Black Screen after just upgraded … Continue reading →

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sc.exe — Start/Stopping a Windows Service on a remote computer

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Pang

sc.exe (service control) is for controlling windows service, either local or remote computer. i.e stop my printer spooler service in remote server A.sc \remote_server_A stop "spooler" Important Note: 1) sc is not smart, so it can’t recognize windows service name … Continue reading →

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The RPC server is unavailable (windows XP)

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Pang

A warning window jump out when I install Jinitiator ."The InstallShield Engine (iKernel.exe) could not be launched.The RPC server is unavailable." Go to Computer Management ->Services and Applications -> Services, Found following services are running: Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Remote … Continue reading →

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